Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #293
Appearances:
370
Starts:
370
Goals:
2
Seasons:
14
Source: Football card Tommy Mort issued by the Fosse Collection under the Footballers 1919-39 series, first series.
Source: Football card Tommy Mort issued by the Fosse Collection under the Footballers 1919-39 series, first series.
Tommy Mort
Position
Left Back
From
1921-22
To
1934-35
IMAGE CREDIT
Tommy Mort
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
370 |
4 | 35 | 42 | 19 | 43 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 41 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 16 | 5 |
Starts
370 |
4 | 35 | 42 | 19 | 43 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 41 | 21 | 37 | 36 | 16 | 5 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
2 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Thomas Mort
Birth Date
Wednesday, 1 December 1897
Birth Place
Kearsley, Bolton, Lancashire
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Rochdale
From
For
£1,000
On
April 1922
Previous Clubs
Farnworth Council School |
Kearsley St. Stephen’s FC |
Newton Lads’ club |
Altrincham |
Rochdale |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Retired
For
Released
On
1935
Subsequent Clubs
Retired |
Source: Football card Tommy Mort issued by the Fosse Collection under the Footballers 1919-39 series, first series.
Source: Football card Tommy Mort issued by the Fosse Collection under the Footballers 1919-39 series, first series.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1922-35 Aston Villa, £1k, 370 | 2 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee |
Billy Smith led Management Committee |
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 15 April 1922
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 15 April 1922
Bolton Wanderers (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 6 March 1926
Final Appearance
Saturday, 19 January 1935
Leicester City (h), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 19 January 1935
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
England
Died
6 June 1967, Aged 69
Tommy Mort
Player #293 for Aston Villa, Thomas Mort, known as Tommy Mort, played as a left back for the club.
Tommy played for Villa between 1921-22 and 1934-35 making 370 appearances and scoring twice.
Tommy was born in Kearsley on 1 December 1897 and he made his debut appearance for Villa on 15 April 1922 aged 24.
During his time with Villa Tommy - famed for his sliding tackles - struck up the infamous “Death and Glory” full back partnership with namesake Tommy Smart that would serve Villa so well.
Villa had signed Tommy from Rochdale for a fee of £1,000 earlier in the month and in total played for the Villa for 13 seasons.
Tommy was signed as a replacement for Tommy Weston and such was his quality and team contribution that he made the position his own and even surpassed the excellence of his predecessor.
It couldn’t last forever however and even Tommy Mort couldn’t beat time and by 1933 he retreated to a more secondary role on the team ahead of his final game on 19 January 1935 at 37 years old.
Tommy also had the honour of becoming the first Villa player to play under 3 different managers - both the George Ramsay and Billy Smith led Management Committees and latterly Villa’s first manager proper, Jimmy McMullan.
Tommy passed away in Wigan on 6th June 1967 aged 69, a true Villa great.